Talk:AFI 100 Years... series

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Anybody want to take on the task of italicizing all of these movie titles? RickK 04:46, Jul 27, 2004 (UTC)

Done. Now, another question: is it appropriate to have these full lists on Wikipedia? --Twinxor 22:54, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- I'd say yes. Especially in ths case, where the items are in a specific order, which can't be duplicated well with categories. - Lifefeed 19:27, Dec 14, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Caddyshack quote

Hmm. I coulda sworn the actual line in Caddyshack contained the words "Man outta nowhere..." - dcljr (talk) 07:01, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Copyvio

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[edit] Too long

This article is way too long. Considering there are already seperate pages for each of the lists, I think this page should serve only to link to those pages, and provide some background information. Here are links to those pages: